2010–11 Wichita Thunder season

The 2010–11 Wichita Thunder season was the 19th season of the CHL franchise in Wichita, Kansas.

Off-season On April 27, 2010, the Wichita Thunder announced that they hired Kevin McClelland as the new head coach and they also announced that Jason Duda would be the new assistant coach. The Thunder overhauled their roster with only three players returning, Ian Keserich, Jason Woll, and Bobby Hughes.

Regular season

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Pre-season 2010 Pre-season Game Log: 1-1-0 (Home: 1-0-0; Road: 0-1-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record 1 October 8 Tulsa 6 – 7 Wichita Mark Sibbald 1–0–0 2 October 9 Wichita 3 – 8 Tulsa Marty Magers 1–1–0 Match played at Wichita Ice Center in Wichita, Kansas. Match played at Oilers Ice Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Regular season 2010–11 Game Log October: 3-4-0 (Home: 2-2-0; Road: 1-2-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 October 15 Wichita Thunder 3 – 4 Tulsa Oilers Ian Keserich 5,826 0–1–0 0 2 October 16 Tulsa Oilers 4 – 1 Wichita Thunder Ian Keserich 7,110 0–2–0 0 3 October 22 Wichita Thunder 1 – 2 Missouri Mavericks Marty Magers 5,317 0-3-0 0 4 October 23 Allen Americans 5 – 3 Wichita Thunder Ian Keserich 4,044 0-4-0 0 5 October 29 Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 4 – 3 Wichita Thunder Marty Magers 4,019 1-4-0 2 6 October 30 Tulsa Oilers 2 – 4 Wichita Thunder Marty Magers 4,244 2-4-0 4 7 October 31 Wichita Thunder 8 – 0 Tulsa Oilers Marc-Antoine Gelinas 3,284 3-4-0 6 November: 4-3-2 (Home: 3-0-2; Road: 1-3-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 8 November 5 Arizona Sundogs 2 – 4 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antoine Gelinas 4,307 4-4-0 8 9 November 6 Wichita Thunder 4 – 3 Missouri Mavericks OT Marty Magers 5,409 5-4-0 10 10 November 12 Missouri Mavericks 2 – 3 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antoine Gelinas 4,685 6-4-0 12 11 November 13 Bloomington PrairieThunder 3 – 2 Wichita Thunder SO Peter Delmas 4,811 6-4-1 13 12 November 18 Wichita Thunder 2 – 6 Odessa Jackalopes Peter Delmas 2,203 6-5-1 13 13 November 19 Wichita Thunder 1 – 4 Allen Americans Marc-Antonie Gelinas 4,126 6-6-1 13 14 November 24 Mississippi RiverKings 3 – 2 Wichita Thunder SO Marc-Antonie Gelinas 3,817 6-6-2 14 15 November 26 Wichita Thunder 5 – 7 Colorado Eagles Marty Magers 5,289 6-7-2 14 16 November 27 Colorado Eagles 3 – 5 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antonie Gelinas 5,011 7-7-2 16 December: 7-6-0 (Home: 4-3-0; Road: 3-3-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 17 December 1 Rapid City Rush 3 – 8 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antonie Gelinas 6,107 8-7-2 18 18 December 3 Colorado Eagles 4 – 5 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antonie Gelinas 4,039 9-7-2 20 19 December 4 Wichita Thunder 0 – 5 Mississippi RiverKings Peter Delmas 2,445 9-8-2 20 20 December 10 Fort Wayne Komets 1 – 5 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antonie Gelinas 4,182 10-8-2 22 21 December 11 Tulsa Oilers 7 – 4 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antonie Gelinas 5,098 10-9-2 22 22 December 14 Wichita Thunder 7 – 6 Tulsa Oilers Marc-Antonie Gelinas 3,800 11-9-2 24 23 December 17 Tulsa Oilers 5 – 3 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antonie Gelinas 5,333 11-10-2 24 24 December 18 Wichita Thunder 4 – 5 Bloomington PrairieThunder Peter Delmas 2,365 11-11-2 24 25 December 25 Wichita Thunder 5 – 6 Tulsa Oilers Marc-Antoine Gelinas 5,049 11-12-2 24 26 December 26 Missouri Mavericks 4 – 7 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antoine Gelinas 3,871 12-12-2 26 27 December 27 Missouri Mavericks 2 – 0 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antoine Gelinas 4,577 12-13-2 26 28 December 29 Wichita Thunder 2 – 0 Quad City Mallards Marc-Antoine Gelinas 2,645 13-13-2 28 29 December 31 Wichita Thunder 4 – 1 Rapid City Rush Marc-Antoine Gelinas 5,119 14-13-2 30 January: 9-2-1 (Home: 5-1-1; Road: 4-1-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 30 January 1 Wichita Thunder 4 – 7 Rapid City Rush Marty Magers 4,823 14-14-2 30 31 January 7 Missouri Mavericks 4 – 6 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antoine Gelinas 4,011 15-14-2 32 32 January 8 Bloomington PrairieThunder 1 – 5 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antoine Gelinas 5,002 16-14-2 34 33 January 14 Texas Brahmas 4 – 3 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antoine Gelinas 4,444 16-15-2 34 34 January 15 Arizona Sundogs 3 – 6 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antoine Gelinas 4,889 17-15-2 36 35 January 17 Wichita Thunder 3 – 2 Quad City Mallards Marty Magers 1,304 18-15-2 38 36 January 21 Wichita Thunder 4 – 3 Missouri Mavericks SO Marc-Antoine Gelinas 5,800 19-15-2 40 37 January 22 Missouri Mavericks 0 – 4 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antoine Gelinas 7,481 20-15-2 42 38 January 23 Laredo Bucks 3 – 6 Wichita Thunder Marty Magers 9,477 21-15-2 44 39 January 25 Rapid City Rush 4 – 3 Wichita Thunder SO Marc-Antoine Gelinas 3,211 21-15-3 45 40 January 28 Wichita Thunder 5 – 3 Dayton Gems Marc-Antoine Gelinas 2,722 22-15-3 47 41 January 30 Wichita Thunder 4 – 3 Dayton Gems Marc-Antoine Gelinas 1,510 23-15-3 49 February: 3-5-3 (Home: 2-2-1; Road: 1-3-2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 42 February 4 Wichita Thunder 4 – 5 Fort Wayne Komets SO Marc-Antoine Gelinas 6,966 23-15-4 50 43 February 5 Wichita Thunder 4 – 5 Fort Wayne Komets Marty Magers 10,011 23-16-4 50 44 February 11 Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees 5 – 3 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antoine Gelinas 10,114 23-17-4 50 45 February 12 Bloomington PrairieThunder 3 – 4 Wichita Thunder OT Kevin Beech 5,574 24-17-4 52 46 February 13 Wichita Thunder 1 – 4 Mississippi RiverKings Marc-Antoine Gelinas 3,487 24-18-4 52 47 February 15 Wichita Thunder 3 – 0 Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs Marc-Antoine Gelinas 2,428 25-18-4 54 48 February 18 Mississippi RiverKings 2 – 5 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antoine Gelinas 4,407 26-18-4 56 49 February 19 Tulsa Oilers 5 – 1 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antoine Gelinas 8,558 26-19-4 56 50 February 21 Wichita Thunder 1 – 4 Texas Brahmas Kevin Beech 1,977 26-20-4 56 51 February 23 Texas Brahmas 8 – 7 Wichita Thunder OT Marc-Antoine Gelinas 4,107 26-20-5 57 52 February 26 Wichita Thunder 4 – 5 Colorado Eagles OT Marc-Antoine Gelinas 26-20-6 5,289 58 March: 8-6-0 (Home: 4-1-0; Road: 4-5-0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 53 March 1 Colorado Eagles 6 – 7 Wichita Thunder SO Marc-Antoine Gelinas 27-20-6 4,815 60 54 March 4 Wichita Thunder 3 – 2 Rapid City Rush Kevin Beech 28-20-6 4,795 62 55 March 5 Wichita Thunder 1 – 2 Rapid City Rush Marc-Antoine Gelinas 28-21-6 4,735 62 56 March 8 Wichita Thunder 3 – 2 Tulsa Oilers OT Marc-Antoine Gelinas 29-21-6 4,262 64 57 March 11 Mississippi RiverKings 2 – 5 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antoine Gelinas 30-21-6 6,436 66 58 March 12 Wichita Thunder 1 – 4 Allen Americans Marty Magers 30-22-6 4,654 66 59 March 13 Quad City Mallards 1 – 4 Wichita Thunder Marc-Antoine Gelinas 31-22-6 7,832 68 60 March 17 Wichita Thunder 6 – 4 Quad City Mallards Marc-Antoine Gelinas 32-22-6 2,185 70 61 March 18 Wichita Thunder 2 – 5 Missouri Mavericks Kevin Beech 32-23-6 5,800 70 62 March 19 Wichita Thunder 5 – 3 Missouri Mavericks Kevin Beech 33-23-6 5,800 72 63 March 22 Wichita Thunder 3 – 5 Missouri Mavericks Marc-Antoine Gelinas 33-24-6 5,518 72 64 March 25 Tulsa Oilers 5 – 3 Wichita Thunder Kevin Beech 5,666 33-25-6 72 65 March 26 Wichita Thunder 2 – 4 Tulsa Oilers Marty Magers 8,523 33-26-6 72 66 March 27 Mississippi RiverKings 1 – 8 Wichita Thunder Marty Magers 5,031 34-26-6 74Legend:

Playoffs The Wichita Thunder qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2007. They lost the opening round best-of-five series against the Missouri Mavericks 2 - 3.

Awards and records

Awards Regular Season Player Award Awarded Steve Kaunisto Oakley CHL Player of the Week November 1, 2010 Matt Robinson All-Star Game representative December 29, 2010 A.J. Gale Sher-Wood CHL Player of the Month (December) January 6, 2011 Jesse Bennefield Oakley CHL Player of the Week January 24, 2011 Marc-Antoine Gelinas Oakley CHL Goaltender of the Week March 15, 2011

Milestones Regular Season Player Milestone Reached Chris Moran 1st professional Assist 1st professional Point October 23, 2010 Chris Moran 1st professional Goal October 31, 2010Daniel Tetrault 100th professional Goal December 10, 2010

Transactions The Thunder have been involved in the following transactions during the 2010–11 season. Trades September 1, 2010 To Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees: Tomas Klempa To Wichita: Jesse Bennefield September 9, 2010 To Laredo Bucks: Ryan Campbell To Wichita: Eric Giosa September 9, 2010 To Quad City Mallards: Jason Reese Eric Giosa To Wichita: Jason Goulet November 8, 2010 To Laredo Bucks: Future Considerations To Wichita: Matt Robinson January 14, 2011 To Allen Americans: Future Considerations To Wichita: Dustin Donaghy

Player signings Player Former team Date Andrew Martens Ontario Reign May 29, 2010 Kory Scoran Tilburg Trappers May 29, 2010 Daniel Tetrault Port Huron Icehawks July 16, 2010 Lance Galbraith Utah Grizzlies July 16, 2010 Aaron Davis Tulsa Oilers July 30, 2010 Matt Hubbauer Sheffield Steelers July 30, 2010 Ryan Hand Reading Royals August 12, 2010 Peter Stevens Sarnia Sting August 12, 2010 Chris Greene Mississippi Surge September 3, 2010 Brent Cullaton Laredo Bucks September 11, 2010 Chris Falloon Rapid City Rush September 11, 2010 Travis Wight Nijmegen Devils September 18, 2010 Marty Magers Tulsa Oilers September 28, 2010 A.J. Gale Texas Brahmas October 13, 2010 Chris Moran Niagara University October 20, 2010 Troy Schwab Johnstown Chiefs October 20, 2010 Steven Kaunisto Reading Royals October 20, 2010 Mike Looby Laredo Bucks November 5, 2010 Robin Richards Toledo Walleye November 27, 2010

Players re-signed Player Date Ian Keserich July 30, 2010 Jason Woll September 3, 2010 Bobby Hughes September 11, 2010

Lost via waivers Player Date Jason Woll October 19, 2010 Peter Stevens October 25, 2010 Ian Keserich November 4, 2010 Chris Falloon November 9, 2010 Chris Moran November 26, 2010 Ryan Hand January 15, 2011

Player movement Date Player From To AssignmentNovember 9, 2010 Peter Delmas Hamilton Bulldogs Wichita Loaned by HamiltonDecember 28, 2010 Peter Delmas Wichita Hamilton Recalled by Hamilton

Roster

See also 2010–11 CHL season

References

External links 2010–11 Wichita Thunder season at Pointstreak